/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Oh boy, let's look at MASA.... nope. There is no MASA anymore, everything about him was deleted.
After lots of broken links and googletranslating, I managed to understand the site's structure and track down every single song AKI-san has ever released. Many are lost forever, but I could save about 51 out of 92 songs in MP3. And about 65 in MIDI format.

After this, I verified MASA has in fact participated in only 7 songs. The Honest Love is a project kept alive for years by AKI, and AKI alone. Dozens of love and hope songs from a single programmer. Because he is not a musician, but rather a typical salary man.

After some googling, I was able to find him, but no traces of MASA. In his biography at The Honest Love page, AKI states to hate contemporary Japanese music, while praising the classics. Can you guess where I found our AKI-san to be in 2014, being 41 years old?

He's working for two software enterprises at once to pay a debt. And writes several messages about being too tired to even get to compose (although he tries). And if that is not enough, he is now producing some idols - the contemporary music he clearly doesn't like. Because at least he can be near music when doing this kind work. Because The Honest Love couldn't stand it being a one-man band with no success.

And if those are not enough, AKI-san is single to this day... and still writes songs about loneliness.

<cont>

/jp/, could we make The Honest Love at least EXIST?! I gave the first step creating a Last.FM entry for it, but now the band needs listeners.
I don't know AKI, I can't speak Japanese to communicate with him. But I feel deeply for this man, for this ever-single man. I want to make something to his band's memory. Even though he is not dead, even tough he will probably never know about this.
I would feel better if I wasn't the only person listening to The Honest Love for the time to come. It's been almost 10 years since I am a lonely listener to "11.mid" and more than 20 years since AKI-san has been producing music to no effect. Beautiful music.

I made a complete pack with all of his music I could find, it's all organized and tagged:
https://mega.co.nz/#!bJMnyD5b!kWp5XGi7bi1-ZpCuadlPInj1SL_EN9ZeJjQFV-uBJNU

I haven't listened to everything yet, going easy. Taking the ones I like and shuffling into my daily playlist.
If you have a Last.FM profile, maybe scrobble it every now and then. For AKI-san's dead dreams.

>>12304511
the link is for a CP dump with an embedded tracker
plz ignore

>>12304527
Jerk. It's not a virus, guys, just downloaded here.

Bumping for Aki-san.

I only want songgs if lossless

>>12304502
>single to this day... and still writes songs about loneliness
Why is this relevant?

>>12304550
Then listen to the MIDIs, this is as much as lossless as you can get.

>>12304558
Because of his lyrical and musical writing. I don't think relationships are that relevant for myself, but he surely wants to be loved.

>>12304511
He's on facebook and twitter. He also retired 6 years ago.

What? You want me to contact him and get the data from him so you can make an homage site?

>>12304604
I want to make him a lost legend.

>>12304495
I'll listen to it, but only for that sweet obscure cred.

Dink Smallwood was hilariously fun, fucking loved that thing to bits, fuck just going around punching furniture was rewarding.

>>12304690
I wish you good luck for your dream

+1

>>12304564
This guy's dream died after a decade of life support. what good you think would be to make an homage site? he's probably trying to go on with his life, he's 40, not a fucking old man with a foot in the grave. you will only remember him of that deep wound that just started to stitch back.
if you really like his songs, type him a tweet or something, he'll appreciate it more than an eternally online reminder of his failure as a musician made by a stranger

>>12304511
>>12304502
>>12304495
>>12304604
>>12304690
Can you contact this man?
I've been listening to this music you've posted and find it very charming with lots of feeling to it.
I don't know if it would help, but I have a site where me and my friends sell and share the comics, vidya and music we've made.
Maybe we could make a space for him, so that more people could listen to this, and maybe it could help a bit with his debts.
Or at least a paypal donate button or something, I really feel bad for him.

>>12304495
>>12304502
>>12304511
>>12304564
>>12304690
just listening to his music right know and it's pretty good. i'm ready to help you and help him.

Listening to it now, it's very good, but how can we help?

>>12305039
>>12305141
>>12305176
I am not really sure. I once found a rant from him about having his music stolen.
I don't know how that works, but it's pretty strange to throw away 90 songs just because someone plagiarized you...

One thing I can think of as a shout out to him would be a "/jp/ sings In my dream", then we could tweet it to him to give a moral boost.

But regarding actual help - like promotion or even donations as Anon proposed -, I don't know how one could go about it. His songs should first become a hit or something, and that is not something predictable.

Supporting the idols he produces would be something, but too indirect IMO. Can anybody find info on who they are?

I found this picture. AKI-san to the left, and a clown musical group named Pierro Rock (ピエロ　ロク), would that be it?

>雪に包まれて-Merry X'mas Love- (live)
This song has a female vocal. Would that be Megu again?

Would this >>12304502 smile belong to Megu as well? Who is Megu?

>>12304495
I finished it all today, was very good.

>>12306008
promoting his music could be tricky, but donating shoud be easy, he would only need a paypal account.

>>12304495
thank you for taking the time to organize all this. its an interesting story and ive enjoyed the music ive heard so far.

is the music split up into discs to show the chronology of their work? disc 1 being the earliest and disc 3 the most recent?

>>12307635
Yes, check out Songlist.txt for a further explanation on this.

Although I probably made some mistakes, I tried to follow the site's chronology of MP3 releases as close as possible.

just upload it to youtube

It would be great if somebody would translate the lyrics

Looks like he moved all of his info over on mixi. You can find him there.

Huh, he's still working as a song writer for ALL-TiME.

>>12309227
A very generic term for searching engines, can you point some links about it?

>>12304511
>https://mega.co.nz/#!bJMnyD5b!kWp5XGi7bi1-ZpCuadlPInj1SL_EN9ZeJjQFV-uBJNU

what in it is?

>>12309363
virus cp don't download

>>12309366
Thanks for the warning.

This thread is the pure form of everything I hate about people on the internet. I don't hate facebook and reddit just because they are mainstream I hate them because I cannot stand this "let's all work together to try to make a difference in someones life woo yeah faith in humanity restored xD" atmosphere that exists in those places.
god damn why do these people have to show up in every place I go to try to escape from this bullshit.

>>12309363
The folder "MIDI only" contains lyrics for the songs with no MP3 version to them, just the MIDI melody.

>>12309378
Anons, should we try to help this anon? I mean, he clearly needs some love, how about we set up a donation pool and make some crayon drawings to him?

>>12309378
Because he's Nipponese you have to help he works hard all day to pay debts (which we don't even know what they're for)

:(((

>>12309378
Goddamn what a depressing shitstain you are.

>>12309378
I want to help him for selfish reasons though, I want him to feel weird knowing that some random white people from various European countries and America are helping him for no apparent reason. I like to just imagine being him and thinking this happening to me.

Upload that 11.mid to youtube and I'll scrobble it to last.fm.

You can call me what you want but for no reason I started to cry to this melody.I feel easier now than yestreday.

>>12304511
Thank you for making page,it would be nice if we reach numbers to show him that he is not forgotten.

>>12309519
You're not alone, man...

Wow, all of this is very interesting. It's amazing the lengths some people will go to chase something they've enjoyed to the fullest, but also sad that something with so much promise failed.

If you know Japanese why don't you email him and let him know you appreciate his work? His email is right there on the site you posted.

>>12312537
Probably an abandoned e-mail. Also OP states not to know japanese.

>>12314022
It's not. He responded pretty quickly.

>>12314029
! What did he say?

>>12314029
! What did YOU say?

>>12314029
proof pls

>>12316831
I second this request.

>>12314029
Bumpu

I must know.

>>12321747
Man, I dreamed anon had replied, had to double check it just now before realizing it was just a dream.

>>12314029
come back and show proof, anon

>>12314029
literally lying

>>12321062
>>12321747
>>12323109
>>12323529
>>12323698
no respond, this faggot is a liar

>>12316831
>>12323529
>>12323698
>>12323957
Easy there, anon. He will surely deliver.

>>12306008
>One thing I can think of as a shout out to him would be a "/jp/ sings In my dream", then we could tweet it to him to give a moral boost.
please no.

>>12309378
Nice blog, please, tell me more.
What's even more loathsome than people wanting to promote some random stranger is people who think their opinion is weighty enough that they feel the need to make posts like yours.

No one cares about you, maybe that's the root of why seeing people caring about strangers is so painful for you, but regardless - no one cares, stop posting.

He is on facebook as 井川マサアキhe is active there too.I am shy to contact him dunno how will he react.

I spoke to Aki,he knows about the board.

Not sure if he's okay with it but hey,lets hope he likes that people enjoy his music which you guys creepily dug up out of nowhere.

Not the guy who emailed him btw.

i messaged his facebook too, not sure if he's really feeling the whole "strangers creepily finding out my music and popping out of no where and telling me they like it" thing. let's just hope he's at least happy some people know his music and like it.

>>12309378
kek. kill yourself

>>12309378
You're exactly what is wrong in the world.

We help our brothers when we can,no matter who they are.

>>12330456
>he knows about the board
You mean he read people being pitiful and guessing how is his personal life? That's not *THAT* cool, but I hope it somehow warms his heart.

>>12327511

>>12330919
Well me and my friend spoke to him,he's actually a wonderful guy.
He seemed happy when we spoke to him,and told us more about himself too.

He's also re-published his music.
http://www.ikawakanon.com/songs.htm

Theres new stuff there too.

OP,this thread actually helped a man,and now more people will experience his beautiful music.

This is truly wonderful.

>>12332671
Wait, was this page organized by him after this thread was created?

OP here, this is awesome!
Can you go into more detail about this "he seemed happy"?

I'm speechless... this made my day. My week.

All hail The Honest Love!

>>12332774
Can you remove the background?

>>12332780
Nope, but I guess this one is easy to do so, if anyone mind giving a try.

>>12332796
That one is not as good as the first but ok anything will do as long as you care.

>>12332774
He told me how he stopped uploading music due to it being stole by Chinese 10 years ago,and he generally seemed quite surprised when we came back to him telling him how we found him.

He mentioned that he'd upload more music when he can too.

He's currently a lyricist,and if I'm correct,he's responsible for the lyrics in this song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW7quzWGZIw&app=desktop

Yeah.
Thats exactly what it is.
And I really want to play whatever it is.
H y p e.

We asked him if he wanted donations but he refused and said "Its his responsibility",but he seemed quite thankful. (Friend asked that)
Most of the conversation was compliments on his music,being shown music,and learning more about him.

He's a very nice guy and I'm glad I was able to find his music through this thread.
GG OP.
You may have brought back a mans happiness by showing us this stuff.

>>12333061
>stolen by Chinese
What? They used his music for big stuff? Registered it? I don't get it.

>lyrics for eroge
LEWD!

>his responsibility
Oh, AKI-san really looks like a great person. I hope he gets out of debt soon! Did you talk in Japanese with him?

If there is something I like, is lost knowledge and music from a past age. I will add this to my library.

This is shockingly good.

i'm proud of you guys, that's good to know that I likes the idea. now i can enjoy his new songs.
thanks!

>>12336923
to know that Aki likes the idea* sorry typo

This music is awesome. It's a shame his website is a little unreadable in my browser.

I guess I will use this as an excuse for a hobby project and re-do it in more modern terms.
UTF-8 here we come. No ETA.

I'm Masaaki Ikawa.
I am happy that there are people who are interested in my musics.

When my song was stolen by Chinese musician in 2004, I felt very sad, and closed my music web site.

However, I decided to re-open my web site. I'll update musics again.
I would like to change my web site, because my web site is still very old style:)

>>12337928
How did they steal your music? They claimed as their own?

I am really glad to know you will update songs again!
The Internet has changed a lot. Piracy is impossible to avoid, but the good side is that it's very easy to reach a greater audience nowadays.

If you tag the mp3 files, people sharing them can spread the name of The Honest Love, instead of music thieves.

>12338029
Chinese musician released my song without my permission, and he released the song as what he created.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SdBCg5utXXI

http://www.ikawakanon.com/kimito.htm

I will put tag my mp3 files and publish.
Thank you.

>>12309378
This post is the pure form of everything I hate about people on the internet. I don't hate facebook and reddit just because they are mainstream I hate them because I cannot stand this "wow those losers who want to help some other loser like them woo yeah look at how i'm edgy xD" atmosphere that exists in those places.
god damn why do these people have to show up in every place I go to try to escape from this bullshit.

>>12337928
Really nice stuff you made. Do your best in the future too!

>>12339016
Wow, how dishonest.

I asked my Chinese friend about this 戴夢夢 girl and it looks like she no longer sings, she was a child star, but not very popular.

I really like your songs! Great stuff, I hope to hear new songs soon.

>>12342176
Well, to be honest, it might not be her fault. Sometimes singers don't get to choose the songs they sing and just sing what is given to them.

>>12343296
True that. She is now a music producer, hopefully a honest one.

It's shit.

>>12309378
He's right, trying to make the man a meme on /jp/ won't help at all and would just make this place gayer
Try reddit, they circlejerk over this kind of shit all the time, and are much more influential nowadays

>>12343785 >>12343795
Stop trying so hard, man. It's just a thread about a japanese musician, move on.